Samstag, 9. Dezember, 15:00 Uhr, ConferenceShrinking Cities: Negotiating Inequality Shrinking Cities are no singular or exceptional phenomenon, they are just the other, less noticed, side of growth and concentration - the "losers of globalisation". Processes that can be witnessed in booming New York stand in direct relation to population loss and economic decline in other regions.Growth means that shrinkage is happening elsewhere: From the global to the local scale, growth and shrinking always make a joint appearance - sociospatial polarisation processes and the competition between places are increasing within cities, regions and beyond. Hence, shrinking cities will become an ever more present phenomenon that we have to deal with.
Speakers will include Phillip Oswalt, curator; Johannes Fiedler, contributor; Damon Rich, RostenWoo, Center for Urban Pedagogy, contributors; and Neil Smith, Center for Place, Culture and Politics, CUNY; Peter Marcuse, Columbia University, New York
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Freitag, 5. Januar, 18:30 PM, FilmSelf Governance: Urban AgricultureTwo films on the phenomenon of farming and gardening in shrinking cities - for subsistence and as a means of social engagement:Boris Gerrets: "Garden Stories", 51 min, english/russian with english subtitles; documentary on urban farming in the US and Russia [tbc]Annette Weisser and Ingo Vetter: "I Am Farming Humanity", 2001, 16 min; an interview with Lee Burns, retired engineer an co-founder of the Detroit Agriculture Network
Center for Architecture, 536 LaGuardia Place, New York, New York 10012Tel: 212.683.0023 www.aiany.org/centerforarchitecture

Freitag, 12. January, 18:30 Uhr, FilmCreating Images: Music CultureElliot Eastwick: "The Sound of Two Cities", GB 2004 [tbc]How did the sounds from Motor City Detroit influence Manchester's music scene? The label-maker and DJ Elliot Eastwick from Manchester reveals direct connections between the music cultures of two shrinking cities.
Center for Architecture, 536 LaGuardia Place, New York, New York 10012Tel: 212.683.0023 www.aiany.org/centerforarchitecture